Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 388 422 544
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.92% 12.15% 16.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.41% 39.40% 49.91%
Number of salaries quoted 262 294 500
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £37,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,197 1,071 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.50% 30.85% 32.13%
Number of salaries quoted 598 572 962
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,110
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,362 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £51,975 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +3.95% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -15 107 £56,250 +12.50% 109
Cambridgeshire +11 97 £50,000 +33.33% 85
Bedfordshire +8 61 £14,000 -72.00% 72
Essex -3 61 £32,500 -35.64% 94
Suffolk +19 34 £47,500 +43.94% 62
Norfolk -6 24 £60,000 +87.50% 76
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 12
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 30 (7.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.70%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.55%) Confluence
3 6 (1.55%) WordPress
4 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.52%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 49 (12.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 127 (32.73%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (21.13%) AWS
3 76 (19.59%) Power Platform
4 65 (16.75%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.70%) Azure AI
6 22 (5.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 20 (5.15%) PowerApps
8 18 (4.64%) GCP
8 18 (4.64%) GitHub
8 18 (4.64%) SaaS
9 17 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.12%) Power Automate
11 15 (3.87%) Snowflake
12 10 (2.58%) IaaS
12 10 (2.58%) PaaS
13 9 (2.32%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.06%) Serverless
15 6 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (1.29%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 75 (19.33%) Firewall
2 32 (8.25%) DHCP
3 29 (7.47%) DNS
3 29 (7.47%) TCP/IP
4 26 (6.70%) VPN
4 26 (6.70%) WAN
5 21 (5.41%) LAN
6 17 (4.38%) Internet
7 14 (3.61%) VLAN
8 13 (3.35%) Wireless
9 11 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (2.58%) WLAN
11 9 (2.32%) SAN
12 7 (1.80%) IP Telephony
13 6 (1.55%) Network Security
14 4 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (1.03%) DMZ
14 4 (1.03%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.77%) VoIP
16 2 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.72%) Power BI
2 28 (7.22%) Tableau
3 25 (6.44%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.84%) MySQL
6 7 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.55%) Redis
8 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.03%) Big Data
9 4 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (1.03%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.77%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.77%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 18 (4.64%) Git
2 9 (2.32%) JIRA
3 6 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) MSTest
4 2 (0.52%) NUnit
4 2 (0.52%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.52%) TestNG
5 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 132 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.82%) Finance
3 19 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.38%) Law
5 15 (3.87%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.84%) Multimedia
6 11 (2.84%) Publishing
7 9 (2.32%) Retail
8 8 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.80%) Legal
10 5 (1.29%) Automotive
10 5 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.03%) Back Office
12 3 (0.77%) Marketing
12 3 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.52%) Advertising
13 2 (0.52%) Electronics
13 2 (0.52%) Local Government
13 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (21.39%) Analyst
2 62 (15.98%) IT Support
3 52 (13.40%) Junior
4 48 (12.37%) Junior Analyst
5 37 (9.54%) Architect
6 35 (9.02%) Developer
7 32 (8.25%) Senior
8 31 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (7.73%) Support Analyst
10 28 (7.22%) IT Engineer
11 27 (6.96%) Support Engineer
12 25 (6.44%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (6.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 24 (6.19%) Data Analyst
13 24 (6.19%) Junior Data Analyst
13 24 (6.19%) Junior Security Analyst
13 24 (6.19%) Security Analyst
14 22 (5.67%) Azure Engineer
15 20 (5.15%) IT Support Engineer
16 19 (4.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.44%) .NET
2 21 (5.41%) CSS
3 13 (3.35%) HTML
4 12 (3.09%) React
5 10 (2.58%) REST
6 8 (2.06%) jQuery
7 7 (1.80%) ASP.NET
7 7 (1.80%) Vue
8 5 (1.29%) Web Services
9 4 (1.03%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.03%) NumPy
9 4 (1.03%) Pandas
9 4 (1.03%) PyTorch
9 4 (1.03%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.03%) SignalR
9 4 (1.03%) SOAP
9 4 (1.03%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.77%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.77%) Blazor
10 3 (0.77%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.84%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.32%) IoT
5 9 (2.32%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.06%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.03%) Blog
9 4 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.03%) PKI
9 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 126 (32.47%) Windows
2 96 (24.74%) Windows Server
3 28 (7.22%) Windows 10
4 23 (5.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (3.87%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.35%) Linux
8 9 (2.32%) Android
9 5 (1.29%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.03%) VMS
11 2 (0.52%) Unix
12 1 (0.26%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (16.75%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (16.49%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (15.46%) Customer Service
5 58 (14.95%) Mentoring
6 53 (13.66%) ITIL
7 52 (13.40%) Agile
7 52 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (12.63%) AI
9 40 (10.31%) Analytics
10 39 (10.05%) Roadmaps
11 38 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (9.54%) CI/CD
12 37 (9.54%) DevOps
12 37 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 26 (6.70%) Technology Roadmap
14 25 (6.44%) Service Delivery
14 25 (6.44%) Software Engineering
15 22 (5.67%) ERP
15 22 (5.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.21%) Python
2 58 (14.95%) SQL
3 46 (11.86%) PowerShell
4 36 (9.28%) C#
5 25 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.61%) PHP
7 10 (2.58%) Java
7 10 (2.58%) R
8 8 (2.06%) C++
9 6 (1.55%) Bash
9 6 (1.55%) VBScript
10 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.77%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (21.39%) Azure Certification
2 57 (14.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (10.05%) Degree
4 28 (7.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 26 (6.70%) AWS Certification
6 25 (6.44%) Security Cleared
7 24 (6.19%) CompTIA CySA+
7 24 (6.19%) DBS Check
8 21 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (4.12%) CCNA
10 16 (4.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (3.87%) SC Cleared
12 13 (3.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (2.32%) A+ Certification
15 8 (2.06%) MCSA
16 7 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (1.55%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.09%) GDPR
1 12 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.80%) NIST
4 6 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.55%) QA
5 4 (1.03%) GRC
5 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (1.03%) JSP 440
5 4 (1.03%) NCSC
5 4 (1.03%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.52%) SLA
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 105 (27.06%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.35%) Docker
4 13 (3.35%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.55%) vSphere
6 5 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (14.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.84%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.58%) SCCM
4 8 (2.06%) Terraform
5 6 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.55%) Ansible
6 4 (1.03%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.52%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.26%) Grafana
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 239 (61.60%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.73%) VMware
3 24 (6.19%) ForeScout
4 18 (4.64%) SAP
5 17 (4.38%) Cisco
6 16 (4.12%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.87%) Fortinet
8 12 (3.09%) Palo Alto
9 11 (2.84%) Workday
10 10 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.32%) Apple
12 7 (1.80%) Google
12 7 (1.80%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.55%) Aruba
13 6 (1.55%) Databricks
13 6 (1.55%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.55%) Veeam
14 5 (1.29%) Dell
14 5 (1.29%) HP
14 5 (1.29%) Remedy